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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Well done, Bob - good detective work! 37676-9 were only transferred to Oldham from York last September!
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    An easy enough job to turn the forthcoming 77 at Horfield Common/Muller Road Top, but if the other end is to be at "Henleaze Lake", where on earth is there a suitable place to turn a bus around? Yes, they used to do a full turn at the end of Wellington Hill West in the long-gone days of the 145...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I think it is tragic that the 36 is to be renumbered - it is Bristol’s longest serving route, having been introduced around ONE HUNDRED years ago. And for what benefit? Regarding the 77, can we expect a reduction of frequency on the 2/2a and 75/76, because the 77 is to cover the busier...
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    Transpora Group

    Transpora is taking delivery of some brand-new Enviro200 MMCs. The first is at work in Bristol and is 40-seater YX23 OTA, numbered 1299. It was collected last Friday. At least one more is due here, while two are destined for Bournemouth.
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    Transpora Group

    Well done, Rhys, for taking on the challenge of running service 25, presumably without council funding. But I was wondering why it's running beyond the Eastgate Centre to Horfield? Surely Muller Road has sufficient coverage with the First 17. I should have thought it would be better to give back...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Thanks for being polite and not highlighting a silly mistake I made! That being, that the 11 Park & Ride MMCs had been at Hengrove and not Lawrence Hill. Lawrence Hill is due to receive 36824 also, I understand, once repairs to an RTA are made, and I did include it in the moves already, hence 15...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I have today done a tally of the total of double-deckers in and out of each of First West of England's five depots. Bath takes in 11, but loses 20! (So down 9); Hengrove takes in 13 (including ex-Glasgow), while losing the nine StreetDecks to Weston (up 4); Lawrence Hill receives 15 (including...
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    Stagecoach West - Fleet News & Discussion

    For the record, 10985-7 are also now at Patchway and were in service yesterday on the 10 and the 11/12. That brings the total to eleven. 10750, however, is still tracking on Cheltemham's 94, so will it be moving to Patchway?
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    Stagecoach West - Fleet News & Discussion

    As a matter of interest, yesterday (Friday 24th), north Bristol's services 10 and 11 & 12 were operated entirely by double-deckers. At the time of monitoring about 09:15, the 10 had 18413, 15769 and Gold 10752, the 11 had 18314, 15768 and Gold 10984 and the 12 had Ocean-green 18420 and Gold...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    1679170267 Many thanks for that full account! You must keep a daily tally on everything and not just in Bath. Well done.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    37611 is now working in Bristol. I photographed it on the 47 this morning. 1679075145 Actually, are you sure 37611 was at Weston? The wmbusphotos.com First changes pages show it as Hengrove - Marlborough Street in Period 6 2018/19, then Marlborough Street to Lawrence Hill by 7/3/22.
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    Transpora Group

    Thanks, Marcus. Buses on the 52 are being tracked on the MyTrip app that the buses themselves promote. Today it is showing YX68 URF as being on the route. But I find it a very difficult app to get results from. Incidentally, now think report of the Enviro400 carrying Stagecoach names was a...
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    Transpora Group

    For the record, YX22 OHY was at work in Bristol, in full Transpora condition as number 1331, on rail-replacement work in the last week of December 2022. 1676721608 Sorry - typo - number 1330, of course. 1676742955 Further research shows YX22 OHY was here in November. Can anyone improve on...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Yes, I saw that it was m3-branded 39485 that was on the m4 on Saturday and I thought, "oh, here we go!" Talking of next-stop announcements, BathBuses, I rode on 33958 on the 1 back in December (one of few whose NSA is still in use), but the words had become distorted - instead of "Next Stop...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Gemini 37326 was on m3 at 17:00 19th December.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Thank you all - the interworking is what I thought must happen. Good point about the Stapleton Road series!
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    The 17 and Y6 are the only services to terminate in the "suburbs", I believe. I don't know how crew-change is achieved at present, but maybe their extension into Bristol is just a convenient way to change crew at the Bus Station? Having created the Y-series numbers for all of Yate's services...
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    RIP @carlberry

    A quiet chap and not an outgoing conversationalist, but my, was his written word always valued and respected on Rail Forums. As said by so many, thoughts are with Carl's family and friends.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Despite the frequency cuts with effects from Sunday designed to alleviate the bus-off/no driver problems, in central Bristol yesterday afternoon there were eight to ten buses abandoned at stops in The Horsefair, Haymarket and Rupert Street. I was surprised to find the 5 was still run with...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    To answer TheGrandWazoo just now, this picture, taken at Belfast, has just been sent by my friend, the well-known Paul Savage.

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